Our staff is composed of very competent high school and college distance coaches who have trained some of the best runners in their area, their district, state and the country! See these impressive bios.

	Camp Director Chris Smith - Chris is entering his second year as director after 15 years as Assistant Camp Director. Chris is a veteran teacher in Brookline, Massachusetts as well as an accomplished runner, competing at Colorado and Vanderbilt. He, too, has coached champions at every level, at Emory and Vanderbilt and Brookline High where his teams won two state XC titles. Among his credits are the Pike's Peak Assent--14.5 miles up to 14,200 ft elevation.; 35th in the prestigious Philadelphia Marathon, winner of many local road races and competitor in the Boston, Chicago and New York marathons. Chris has developed into a cyclist in the past few years and enjoys all endurance sports. His enthusiasm for competitive running inspires runners of all ages and abilities to achieve their personal bests.
	Assistant Camp Director Dan Mortimer - Dan has been a camper or on staff here at RMXCC for 8 of the past 10 years. Dan led his high school XC team to 3rd place in the Massachusetts State XC Championships and was selected as a League All-Star numerous times in XC and Track. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he captained (twice) the cross country teams. Dan is extremely skilled at the details in coaching fine runners to reach their potential helping to make all our staff and campers better runners! He is the distance coach at Shrewsbury High School and a working engineer in Westboro, MA. Welcome back, Coach Dan!
	Cale Littrel - Originally from Missouri, Cale attended camp twice while in high school, which helped him bring his summer training to the next level before the fall. During high school, he achieved personal bests of 14:56 in the 3-mile and 4:16 in the 1-mile along with 3 All-State performances. He is now competing for the University of Kansas as a member of the cross country and track and field teams, where he most recently earned All Big 12 Conference status in the 3,000m steeplechase. As a camp counselor, he is eager to share his experience and help guide young athletes throughout the week.
	Dennis McNamara- Dennis returns as a staffer after spending two years as a camper in high school. During his four years at Shrewsbury High School he competed in Cross Country, Basketball and Track. As a senior he went undefeated in the regular season capturing a League and District title while finishing 1st overall in both competitions. He now runs Cross Country for the Greyhounds at Loyola University Maryland, hoping to maximize campers potential for their upcoming seasons.
	Liz Hurley - Liz joined RMXCC staff in 2021. Although not a runner, Liz grew up being a part of a team—playing soccer, volleyball, and dancing as a kid. She has learned a lot about running from Dan and the SHS XC team since then. During the school year, Liz is a high school English Language Development teacher to speakers of other languages in New Bedford, Massachusetts
	Hope Treece - Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Hope ran track and cross country at Mandarin High School. She began running longer distances while at NC State and completed her first full marathon as a senior! After college, she coached track and cross country at Mandarin High School for six years. In fact, one of her former athletes just competed in the Paris Olympics Games last summer! Hope now coaches at Savannah Arts Academy in Georgia where she lives with her husband and three daughters. She continues to run marathons, having completed 10 Bostons during her competitive career